News & EventsNews Archives2013 NewsQ: How did Oakwood University win the coveted Home Depot $50,000 top prize on May 3rd? A: On April 11th, “Chef” President Dr. Leslie Pollard revealed “the secret recipe”!

On Friday afternoon, May 3rd The Home Depot judges – including 1980’s “Cosby Show” child-star Rudy (Keshia Knight Pulliam) – announced the winning results of the more than 2.6 million social media votes cast, with Oakwood University as the $50,000 grand prize winner, http://www.retoolyourschool.com/.

Across the country and especially throughout “HBCU-dom,” the question was asked repeatedly, “Who is this Oakwood University? How is this school of just 1939 students getting all these votes, against a number of larger public, private and more popular HBCUs?”

At its annual Honors Convocation on Thursday, April 11, OU President “Chef” Dr. Leslie N. Pollard shared with assembled faculty, staff and students the university’s “secret recipe,” now revealed for the first time.